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New Hampshire Missing Places: Lone Star Ranch, Reeds Ferry
What: Lone Star Ranch was a rustic, outdoor summer-autumn entertainment venue located in Reeds Ferry (Merrimack) New Hampshire. [When the weather got colder they would hold indoor “barn dances.” ] It focused on Country & Western, and Hillbilly music, comedy … Continue reading
Posted in History, N.H. Missing Places
Tagged C&W, country, famous, Ferry, Gene, Hampshire, Hillbilly, LaVerne, Lone, Lone Star Ranch, Merrimack, missing, music, new, New Hampshire, NH, opry, outdoor, place, places, Ranch Lone Star, reeds, Reeds Ferry, stage, star, Summer, venue, Western
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The Celebrated Ventriloquist and Professor of Legerdemain & Namesake of Potter Place, New Hampshire: Richard Potter (1783-1835)
I was reading a 1968 article in the Nashua Telegraph about how Potter Place, New Hampshire is reportedly haunted. I suppose anywhere mankind has lived and died is haunted–Potter Place not less so. Besides, the official New Hampshire state marker … Continue reading
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History, N.H. Historical Markers, NH Persons of Color, R.I.P, Travel
Tagged black, black art, buried, cemetery, color, conjure, dark arts, first, ghost, grave, Harris, haunt, haunted, illusion, legerdemain, magician, mesmerism, mesmerist, mulatto, necromancer, people, perform, performance, performer, person, Potter, Potter Place, Richard, Sally, stage, throw, tricks, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, voice
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Downing & Abbot Company Founder and Carriage Builder of Concord New Hampshire: Lewis Downing (1792-1873)
As early as 1835 the word was out that Downing & Abbot were the makers of quality conveyances. The New Hampshire Patriot and Gazette (Concord, New Hampshire), dated Monday, June 1, 1835, page 2, carried this story: “A splendid Coach.” … Continue reading
Ghastly and Ghostly Halloween Stories Gleaned from Old New Hampshire Newspapers
With Halloween quickly approaching in the Granite State, many thoughts turn to ghouls, ghost, skeletons, and everything haunted or creepy. This need to scare ourselves silly is not a modern day occurrence. In looking back to the ancient newspapers, reporting … Continue reading
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History
Tagged 2015, apparition, creepy, Devil, fish, ghost, ghoul, goblin, Halloween, haunted, made, New Hampshire, newspaper, NH, photograph, skeleton, stage, story, tale, theater, ugly, vampire
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Not New Hampshire: Waterville Maine’s Motion Picture Actor Lew Cody (1883-1934)
Lew Cody (as Louis Joseph Cote aka Lewis Joseph Cody) was born in Maine, and he died in California. So you are probably thinking, “what does he have to do with New Hampshire?” He grew up in Berlin, New Hampshire … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Entertainers, Not New Hampshire, Really Old News
Tagged actor, Berlin, buried, burlesque, California, Cecile, Cody, Cote, film, Finnerty, Hollywood, Joseph, LA, Lew, Lewis, Los Angeles, Louis, Maine, ME, motion, movie, movies, New Hampshire, NH, pictures, silent, sister, stage, talkies, Waterville
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